1. Company portrait OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH

2. OTEC GmbH
Development, manufacture and sales of grinding machines and processing media
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3. Technology leader
Helmut Gegenheimer, design engineer and founder of OTEC:
Inventor of the dry process for drag finishing and centrifugal
disc finishing machines
Designed and built the first compact centrifugal disc
finishing machine and drag finishing machine
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4. History – Milestones
10/1996 Founded by Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Helmut Gegenheimer
07/1998 Became a limited company and management
expanded to include Soran Jota and Martin Moser
09/1998 Sales company OTEC USA founded
04/2002 Sales company OTEC Turkey founded
05/2006 Head office expanded by adding a further 1,500 m²
01/2007 Introduced Microsoft Business Solutions Navision
11/2008 Certification under DIN EN ISO 9001:2000
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5. History – Innovations
02/1997 Introduction of the CF zero gap system finishing machine
12/1997 Awarded the innovation prize of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
02/2000 Third place in the business start-up competition of Baden-Wuerttemberg
02/2000 Market launch of the ECO mini
03/2002 Market launch of the ECO Maxi
07/2002 Market launch of the DF Tools
08/2003 Introduction of ECO machines for deburring and grinding of CNC workpieces
12/2004 First semi-automatic centrifugal disc finishing machine delivered
01/2005 Market launch of the MF Series microfiltration machines
05/2008 Market launch of the fully automatic drag finishing machine
DF-6 Automation
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6. History – Innovations
03/2009 Market launch of the ECO 32 – a new member of the ECO family
03/2009 Market launch of the DF-wet
06/2009 Market launch of the multi-stage DF
09/2009 Market launch of the DF-servo
09/2010 Market launch of the DF-H
03/2011 Market launch of the SF (Stream Finish)
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7. Organization Own worldwide sales network Internal marketing department
MANAGEMENT
Helmut Gegenheimer
Soran Jota
Product developement
Sales, marketing, EDP
laboratory, controlling
human resources, strategy
Own worldwide sales network
Internal marketing department
R&D department (20% of the employees are working in R&D)
Research lab
Thorough quality assurance
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of all machines
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8. Facts and figures Turnover 2009: approx. 8,0 million Euros
Employees: approx. 73
Export sales: %
49 patents and petty patents
18 employees actively engaged in R & D
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9. Facts and figures
Business volume in €
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10. Facts and figures
Trend: borrowed capital (in € 1,000) Trend: equity capital (%)
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11. Facts and figures
Staff and turnover development since the company was founded in 1996
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12. Sales network – a worldwide presence
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13. Our key markets Medical technology Toolmaking industry Watch industry
Automobile industry
Textile industry
CNC machining
Pharmaceutical industry
Jewelry industry
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14. Our markets – Medical technology
Extremely high quality standards
Big-name customers: Synthes, Sulzer Medica, Aesculap, MTM, Zimmer
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15. Our markets- toolmaking industry
Number One for tool finishing
Very high precision
Big-name customers: Iscar, Gühring, OSG, Dormer, Mapal, Platit (tool coating)
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16. Our markets – toolmaking industry
DF-6 Automation
Fully automatic drag
finishing machine
Loading and unloading of
workpieces with a 6-axis Fanuc robot
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17. Our markets – watch and jewelry industry
World’s Number One in disc finishing machines (CF Series)
Market innovation: ECO mini and ECO Maxi
Big-name customers: Chopard, Egana, MontBlanc
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18. Our markets – Automobile industry
Big-name customers:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens VDO, Siemens AG, Daimler AG
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19. Our markets – Textile industry
Number One for stampings thinner than 0.5 mm
Big-name customers: Samsung, Saxonia, Kern Liebers
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20. Our markets – CNC machining
Unbeatable, unique product: ECO 18-I
Big-name customers: Carl Walther, J. P. Sauer & Sohn, Daimler AG
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21. Our markets – pharmaceutical industry
World’s Number One in surface finishing
Process specially developed for this market
Big-name customers: Bayer, Pfizer, TEVA, Schering
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22. Our Markets – Aerospace
World’s Number One for the
finishing of aerospace parts
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23. Our markets– Jewellery Industry
The EPAG is suitable for polishing casted work pieces which have been already treated with sand paper accordingly pre-grinded parts into high finish.
Polishing without rounding the prongs
Produces high-shining surfaces, which can be coated without any problems.
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24. Core competences Edge preparation Precision rounding Deburring
Surface smoothing
Polishing inside the chip flute
Increases tool life by up to 500 per cent
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25. Core competences Droplets Removal of droplets from coated surfaces
Improves chip flow
Makes lubricant film more effective
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26. Core competences Deburring ... in minutes rather than hours
Time savings of up to 99 percent
Extremely economical - pays for itself in next to no time
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27. Core competences Polishing
A high shine over the entire surface: homogeneous finish even for inaccessible areas
Usually gives a better and faster finish than polishing by hand
Also polishing of difficult materials such as ceramic
Clean and faultless surface, e.g. before processing Ra 3.25, after processing Ra 0.01
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28. Strengths – hard facts
Cost-effective solutions for precision surface finishing
Focus on research and development  technology leader
Own research lab for process development
Low vertical range of manufacture  greater flexibility
Internationally minded
long experience on applications and machinery
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29. Strengths – soft facts
Regular transfer of know-how to dealers worldwide  best possible service for our customers
Pleasant work climate and flat hierarchy  highly motivated staff
Low staff turnover (< 2%)
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30. Research lab – R & D Free processing of samples
Well equipped research lab
Long-term storage of test data for customers
More than 10,000 tests documented in our database and available for analysis
Joint research with university of applied sciences, research institute and technical university
Own process development facilities
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31. Research lab – The nucleus of success
International process reports and detailed documentation for our customers
Conveyance of all process parameters
Process reports in 12 languages
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32. Service Professional advice from qualified technical staff
Regular training courses for dealers
Visits to customers at home and abroad
Computer-aided safety stock control and net requirements calculation
Virtually all parts for standard models available from stock
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33. Quality
100% final inspection of every machine in accordance with check list
Machine components in Navision  short response times and optimized spare parts logistics
Serial number management for machines and spares  Measures to ensure quality of after-sales service
Pre-delivery test run for every machine
Test run for spare parts (e. g. bearings)
ISO 9001:2008 certified
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34. Corporate goals Increase the customer satisfaction
Increase the degree of automation of OTEC machines
Technological lead
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35. Strategy Maintain a global presence in our chosen markets
Expand competences in our core products
Expand our distribution network: sales organizations in all major industrial countries
Establish our own sales offices abroad
Expand sales activities in growth regions
(China, India, Russia etc.)
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36. International – Trade fairs
More than 60 trade fairs each year
20% Asia
10% USA
15% East Europe
55% Europe
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37. Thank you for your attention ….
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